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According to German tradition Many years ago a woman was preparing her house for Christmas. The spiders that usually lived in the corners of the cottage were chased to the attic to escape her sweeping broom.They could hear the cheerful preparations being made as well as the holiday decorations being arranged.All of this was to honor the Christ Child. Anxious to see the Christmas tree the spiders waited for the woman to go to sleep for the night then crept down to take a look."Oh, what a beautiful tree!" the said. Filled with happiness they crawled up all of the limbs of the tree to appreciate its beauty.While they climbed, as normally a spider would, they wove their webs behind them from branch to branch.Soon, the entire tree was covered with grey webs.When the Christ Child came He smiled and was happy to see their pleasure. However, He knew the woman would not be happy to see her tree covered with grey spider webs.So, He reached out to the tree. As He touched the webs they began to shine in gold an silver strands.The tree was then even more beautiful than before.

Thus began the custom of decorating the Christmas tree with a Luck Christmas Spider to bring good will to the householdand to welcome the Christ Child into each home.***

I'm just feeling a little too lazy today than to wait to get this guy ID-ed. I shot this guy in the mid-summer during a period in which I had no ring flash. I was not happy with most of what I shot without it. Amazing what a difference something so simple can make.Thank you again photonutzfor getting me a replacement.

I have made my very first preserved animal specimen. I will upload a pic at some point but today was mayhem. It is a Flying Squirrel that the outside cats had captured. I was too late to save it from them, but now he is in a Victorian era apothecary jar with clear embalming fluid. I had NEVER ever seen one and didn't even know they lived around here! Some naturalist I am, right. Now, tho he is perfectly preserved and according to my local DEP representative it isn't a protected species.... Hmmmmm. That's not what Wikipedia says but OK. Works for me.

Hello Gizmo my dear friend, I am so happy to see you today! I have been sitting here watching a storm for the last 24 hours. Very enjoyable cold temperatures, 20 mph winds, and intermittent power outages! Yeah I lied about it being enjoyable, but at least the candles are nice! Thank you so much for the favs and support my friend, and above all your friendship! I wish you much happiness, good health, and great friends!!!